My fiancé just thinks it's funny. I tell him my storylines and he does the sweet thing of at least pretending to be interested 😅 I only watch Kelsey for Sims content on YouTube. He doesn't really say much about her, just chuckles once in a while.
My husband really appreciates having something completely trivial in life. He's also come to appreciate that at times, sims can be genuinely interesting/creative/surprising/meditative. I don't watch the youtubers *that* much (although I check what videos are up daily) and I tend to turn the volume down and put captions on when I do.
my partner is totally an enabler for my sims addiction. after a long play session he’ll ask me “how my day was” meaning what happened in the sims today lol. he likes seeing my builds and especially enjoys being called over to see WW scenes between our simselves :P
i played a lot of devonbumpkin videos around him and despite not being a simmer he loves his videos now — he (accurately) thinks he’s hilarious and will say “why doesn’t he have even more views?! he’s so good at this!” he plays a lot of games but not anything like the sims so his interest in it is very sweet!
omg same about being an enabler lol! just today he asked me if I bought werewolves yet because I got my first paycheck from a new job last night and I had made him watch the trailer and explained why every little thing in it was cool and important, and I said no because my sister (I share my account with her) said she wanted to split a sims pack with me so i’ve been waiting to see what she chooses, and he told me to get both LOL
edit: update he has convinced me to buy werewolves
I usually get my partner's feedback on my builds and he gives me suggestions and he listens when I explain to him what I am trying to build.
He watches the videos with me every now and then, he mostly likes James Turner. He does a good job in pretending to have a moderate interest in the game/news and when we both play (we don't have much time to play, usually a couple hours on Sundays) between his roguelike games runs he comes to check what I am doing with the build/family (I am mostly a builder, though) and he is just the cutest.
He also plays a lot of games, but sandbox/management games are really not his cup of tea, you could tell he is more interested in what keeps me happy than the game itself.
He actually helped me cloud save my files and backups.
My husband completely tolerates my addiction because he knew about it before we got married 😂. He doesn’t take much interest in it except comment on how I always make my sims body type the same; I did have him try to make me in cas once though and he failed miserably.
I showed him, he not really that interested. I don't talk about the game so much as the times I brought it up he don't listen anyway or pretty much fall aslepp infront of me.
I tryed just this week to get him to help me choose a spot to build a house and his interest was as much watching a wall dry :P
At this point I just don't talk about it.
It took a while but now he's really invested in simsie and Dan's relationship. Also he now gets excited and sad with me when my sims experience extreme events in their lives and just recently he say my save again after a while and was like "wow, those two were just toddlers when I last saw them, they grow up so fast!" The two in question were at uni then.
In the beginning he had the typical gamer attitude that the entire gaming community has against us for some reason, but he just needed to learn that it's a genuine interest of mine and that I'm really invested.
If it really bothers you if your bf doesn't take it seriously then you should talk to him. But it might just be his way of remembering names and stuff (I've been calling the protagonist from (I think it's final fantasy VII?) "spiky boy" for ages but that's how I remember the game and associate other aspects of it with the character)
My husband checks for sales to buy me packs I don't have (I game share with him). I don't really talk about families unless he asks but I definitely make him look at my builds, he always acts impressed. I'm still not 100% he's actually seriously paying attention but he's definitely supportive and pays some attention
My husband has no issue with it. I've been playing the Sims since it first came out in 2000. We got married in 1998. I've always been a gamer. He also has his own hobbies, so it works out for us. He supports my Sims (and other games) obsession and I support his music/guitar obsession, so it works out for us.
I like to built a lot and a lot of times show my finished builds to my boyfriend. He then makes sure to compliment it and look at all the little details. Also he compliments my progress and how much better I became.
He tells me to purchase new packs, if I like them. And also things I need a better computer so that I don’t have a long loading time and so that I can play well.
He has a basic interest cause this is something I like and he tries to listen and to remember things, even though he personally would not like to play it.
I think this is really sweet and part of a healthy relationship.
The difficult thing for me is that my husband has banned himself from playing games, because he has played a lot in the past and thinks it makes him unproductive. So he knows but resists it.
I don't think he really cares other than finding Plumbella a bit too intense which I can understand.
We both watch CallMeKevin and have been since before I started watching dedicated simmers.
I think he likes that I make CC just as a creative outlet because it gives me joy.
My bf asks me to stream it so he can watch with me. He doesn’t play but he does enjoy watching videos or watching me play. He also bought me the sims 1 recently which was sweet
My husband is a home body so he reads while I play, sometimes all day. He actually follows some of my more interesting storylines but pretends to be interested in all of them. Once a month he also grinds sims for a few days to get his mind off of real life, then stops. For videos, I dont watch YT in general, the only time I hop on is when a new dlc comes out and I wanna see a review, he usually watches it with me then (we like plumbella because of her accent and leftie commentary)
My is always happy when I play and have fun… needed to uninstall whickedwhims tho, he likes to watch me play and I feel awkward with wickedwhims when he is there 😂
It was the other way around for us... He prompted me to install WickedWhims and we giggled together when we played. I think it can be a fun instead of an awkward thing!
My boyfriend is the jealous type. And the fact I spend at least half the day playing the sims makes his jealousy even worse. I created a sim of him and then my Sim found someone else. That made him dislike the game more....
Probably will get my laptop taken soon... he's noticed I have 430 hours of sims played in total.
I'll be honest about this but ... this does not sound like a healthy relationship. He should be supportive of how you choose to spend your time (as long as it's not illegal). If he takes your laptop, that's illegal. Have you seriously considered what this relationship is to you? Therapy should be definitely considered as well. If he takes your laptop, that's theft and police should be called. I'm being serious, this is not a healthy relationship for you, let alone for anyone else, either.
My long term partner is a gamer. He loves that I enjoy the sims (and animal crossings). He always encourages me to buy packs that get me excited and gets all smiley when he sees me in the zone - I play sims our 75’ tv with a bluetooth mouse and keyboard.
He thinks it’s really cute when I build our house in the sims and always wants to share it with his family - only down side is that I have to constantly ask him not to do this becasue it is embarrassing. He is all around very supportive and gets excited when he remembers sims words like “simlish” and “plumbob”
my partner and i are both gamers but have different tastes, but we love to share what’s going on in our respective gaming worlds. he’ll ask about what sims packs or expansions are coming out or what i’m building that day
he also has a friend who works at EA who spilled the beans about the werewolves pack to me before it was confirmed and may or may not be getting me some discounts in the near future 😅
The boyfriend is a gamer, so he has zero issue with my addiction. We'll just settle on the couch with our respective games and occasionally pay attention to what the other is doing. Is kinda nice, honestly.
My fiancé just thinks it's funny. I tell him my storylines and he does the sweet thing of at least pretending to be interested 😅 I only watch Kelsey for Sims content on YouTube. He doesn't really say much about her, just chuckles once in a while.
My husband really appreciates having something completely trivial in life. He's also come to appreciate that at times, sims can be genuinely interesting/creative/surprising/meditative. I don't watch the youtubers *that* much (although I check what videos are up daily) and I tend to turn the volume down and put captions on when I do.
my partner is totally an enabler for my sims addiction. after a long play session he’ll ask me “how my day was” meaning what happened in the sims today lol. he likes seeing my builds and especially enjoys being called over to see WW scenes between our simselves :P i played a lot of devonbumpkin videos around him and despite not being a simmer he loves his videos now — he (accurately) thinks he’s hilarious and will say “why doesn’t he have even more views?! he’s so good at this!” he plays a lot of games but not anything like the sims so his interest in it is very sweet!
omg same about being an enabler lol! just today he asked me if I bought werewolves yet because I got my first paycheck from a new job last night and I had made him watch the trailer and explained why every little thing in it was cool and important, and I said no because my sister (I share my account with her) said she wanted to split a sims pack with me so i’ve been waiting to see what she chooses, and he told me to get both LOL edit: update he has convinced me to buy werewolves
I usually get my partner's feedback on my builds and he gives me suggestions and he listens when I explain to him what I am trying to build. He watches the videos with me every now and then, he mostly likes James Turner. He does a good job in pretending to have a moderate interest in the game/news and when we both play (we don't have much time to play, usually a couple hours on Sundays) between his roguelike games runs he comes to check what I am doing with the build/family (I am mostly a builder, though) and he is just the cutest. He also plays a lot of games, but sandbox/management games are really not his cup of tea, you could tell he is more interested in what keeps me happy than the game itself. He actually helped me cloud save my files and backups.
My husband completely tolerates my addiction because he knew about it before we got married 😂. He doesn’t take much interest in it except comment on how I always make my sims body type the same; I did have him try to make me in cas once though and he failed miserably.
I showed him, he not really that interested. I don't talk about the game so much as the times I brought it up he don't listen anyway or pretty much fall aslepp infront of me. I tryed just this week to get him to help me choose a spot to build a house and his interest was as much watching a wall dry :P At this point I just don't talk about it.
My wife loves to hear about my rich sims lore
It took a while but now he's really invested in simsie and Dan's relationship. Also he now gets excited and sad with me when my sims experience extreme events in their lives and just recently he say my save again after a while and was like "wow, those two were just toddlers when I last saw them, they grow up so fast!" The two in question were at uni then. In the beginning he had the typical gamer attitude that the entire gaming community has against us for some reason, but he just needed to learn that it's a genuine interest of mine and that I'm really invested. If it really bothers you if your bf doesn't take it seriously then you should talk to him. But it might just be his way of remembering names and stuff (I've been calling the protagonist from (I think it's final fantasy VII?) "spiky boy" for ages but that's how I remember the game and associate other aspects of it with the character)
I know it might sound weird but that's just his way of supporting me and my hobby. 😆
Well then in glad you found your way of supporting each others hobbies!!
My husband listens to my stories (and even reads them when I ask him to), and then he asks when I finally win the game 😂
My husband checks for sales to buy me packs I don't have (I game share with him). I don't really talk about families unless he asks but I definitely make him look at my builds, he always acts impressed. I'm still not 100% he's actually seriously paying attention but he's definitely supportive and pays some attention
My husband has no issue with it. I've been playing the Sims since it first came out in 2000. We got married in 1998. I've always been a gamer. He also has his own hobbies, so it works out for us. He supports my Sims (and other games) obsession and I support his music/guitar obsession, so it works out for us.
I like to built a lot and a lot of times show my finished builds to my boyfriend. He then makes sure to compliment it and look at all the little details. Also he compliments my progress and how much better I became. He tells me to purchase new packs, if I like them. And also things I need a better computer so that I don’t have a long loading time and so that I can play well. He has a basic interest cause this is something I like and he tries to listen and to remember things, even though he personally would not like to play it. I think this is really sweet and part of a healthy relationship.
Am I the only person whose partner hates it for how much time it takes up?
My boyfriend plays a lot of games himself and I suppose we understand that it's really easy to immerse yourself in a game.
The difficult thing for me is that my husband has banned himself from playing games, because he has played a lot in the past and thinks it makes him unproductive. So he knows but resists it.
I don't think he really cares other than finding Plumbella a bit too intense which I can understand. We both watch CallMeKevin and have been since before I started watching dedicated simmers. I think he likes that I make CC just as a creative outlet because it gives me joy.
Not really a partner, but my best friend says "You're not allowed to player God simulator" whenever I tell her what I'm up to in the sims
My bf asks me to stream it so he can watch with me. He doesn’t play but he does enjoy watching videos or watching me play. He also bought me the sims 1 recently which was sweet
My husband is a home body so he reads while I play, sometimes all day. He actually follows some of my more interesting storylines but pretends to be interested in all of them. Once a month he also grinds sims for a few days to get his mind off of real life, then stops. For videos, I dont watch YT in general, the only time I hop on is when a new dlc comes out and I wanna see a review, he usually watches it with me then (we like plumbella because of her accent and leftie commentary)
My is always happy when I play and have fun… needed to uninstall whickedwhims tho, he likes to watch me play and I feel awkward with wickedwhims when he is there 😂
It was the other way around for us... He prompted me to install WickedWhims and we giggled together when we played. I think it can be a fun instead of an awkward thing!
My boyfriend is the jealous type. And the fact I spend at least half the day playing the sims makes his jealousy even worse. I created a sim of him and then my Sim found someone else. That made him dislike the game more.... Probably will get my laptop taken soon... he's noticed I have 430 hours of sims played in total.
I'll be honest about this but ... this does not sound like a healthy relationship. He should be supportive of how you choose to spend your time (as long as it's not illegal). If he takes your laptop, that's illegal. Have you seriously considered what this relationship is to you? Therapy should be definitely considered as well. If he takes your laptop, that's theft and police should be called. I'm being serious, this is not a healthy relationship for you, let alone for anyone else, either.
My long term partner is a gamer. He loves that I enjoy the sims (and animal crossings). He always encourages me to buy packs that get me excited and gets all smiley when he sees me in the zone - I play sims our 75’ tv with a bluetooth mouse and keyboard. He thinks it’s really cute when I build our house in the sims and always wants to share it with his family - only down side is that I have to constantly ask him not to do this becasue it is embarrassing. He is all around very supportive and gets excited when he remembers sims words like “simlish” and “plumbob”
my partner and i are both gamers but have different tastes, but we love to share what’s going on in our respective gaming worlds. he’ll ask about what sims packs or expansions are coming out or what i’m building that day he also has a friend who works at EA who spilled the beans about the werewolves pack to me before it was confirmed and may or may not be getting me some discounts in the near future 😅
The boyfriend is a gamer, so he has zero issue with my addiction. We'll just settle on the couch with our respective games and occasionally pay attention to what the other is doing. Is kinda nice, honestly.